Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat - I don't know how long you're supposed to stand there and turn the other cheek, so he or she can get a better angle at taking your head off.

Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defence when and wherever needed.

jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.